Male infertility studies in Northern Ireland dogged by funding shortage

Today, it was claimed that studies into male infertility in Northern Ireland have been dogged by lack of funds.

A professor from Queen’s University said research councils or charities across the UK spend less than 1% of their income on reproductive research compared with 9% on cardiovascular and 27% on cancer studies.

Infertility affects one in six couples around Europe and 40% of these problems affect the male partner. DNA damage to sperm is a major cause of male infertility.